Peter Geoghegan

Why is YouTube pushing videos on me with Douglas Murray talking rot about civil ‘conflict’ in Britain? So bizarre for decades there was effectively a civil war in N Ireland that Britain never named as such Now there is no civil war, but endless mouthpieces talking it up evidence free

Of all the bbc presenters, Webb’s politics are the easiest to read - because he puts them in newspapers and doesn’t even try to hide them in broadcasts His politics are also mind numbingly predictable

“Officers attended and engaged with those involved. There were no arrests. Campaigning and demonstration are a legitimate, necessary and vital part of life" Interesting tactic from Police Scotland who routinely kettle antifascist groups while they attempt to peacefully protest. shorturl.at/QCf7N

This is objectively very very funny

“Digital crimes must be dealt with like real-life crimes.” 💯

First Serbia, and now an even more seismic election result for the geopolitics of now. Hard to overstate how important Brazil bucking the far right trend in Latin America is - also a huge blow to Trump www.theguardian.com/world/2026/o...

The pattern is the same in both: a captured judiciary, pliant media, and party financing that doubles as a protection racket. Orban and Vucic rotted away. Western Europe should treat this as a warning.

First Orban, now Vučić. Both fundamentally undone by rank corruption of their regimes. Which is so often the reality of the authoritarian right in power. Really worth paying heed to in Western Europe right now

Watch scenes from Belgrade live. n1info.ba/n1-tv-live-s...

Wonder how many Telegraph columns will see about this….

Wow. Vučić has conceded Serbian election. Massive moment for the entire Balkans

This is real wallet-inspector stuff. The MoD asked *Palantir* to tell them how to buy tech. And Palantir, which has done very well out of non-competitive procurement, said: ‘yes, more of that please’.

What an odd story that I assume is the splash in Sunday Times Scottish edition Just because someone is in a redeployment pool doesn't mean they are not working. The reaction comments are from Tories, IEA and, buried, an academic saying that this isn’t that bad really

Latest Democracy for Sale scoop - how Ministry of Defence commissioned Palantir to lead a review of how software is purchased from companies… like Palantir Experts calling for National Audit Office to examine what happened youtube.com/shorts/V6NdD...

This story went up late on Friday and got less attention than it otherwise might have done. A sentencing hearing on Friday was told three participants in the Tory election-betting scandal - dismissed at the time as "a flutter" - would have made nearly £50,000 if undetected www.ft.com/content/510e...

🔴 REVEALED: Palantir led closed-door review of how MoD buys software The review was presented to defence minister Luke Pollard by Palantir UK boss Louis Mosley in Feb and has mostly been implemented None of this was made public New investigation🧵 democracyforsale.substack.com/p/revealed-p...

Exclusive: A second member of staff working under Reform UK mayor Luke Campbell has claimed they were suspended from their job after raising concerns about threatening and racist behaviour in the workplace observer.co.uk/news/nationa...

A company led by overt fascists with clear sympathies and commercial to a US regime that is an adversary should not have access to information about MoD processes, or be awarded any business that puts the MoD in the position of relying on them.

Having worked for software companies, I can confirm that such arrangements, in the guise of "free consultancy" are the dream sales route.

As someone who has bought quite a lot of software in the past, asking software companies to write the procurement rules is one of the dumbest things I have ever read. Software procurement is complex, removing the checks and balances and being too close to the vendor only works in their favour.

UK military procurement has been broken for a long time. Handing it over to Palantir is not the answer. That will only entrench the profiteering, but with ‘catchy’ slogans like ‘the need for speed’

Another sizzling investigation from @petergeoghegan.bsky.social and @lucasamin.bsky.social, exposing just how deeply embedded Palantir is in the UK state and providing yet more evidence that the conflict of interest line - when it comes to government procurement - is really quite malleable.

Just putting finishing production touches to a *banging* Palantir scoop for tomorrow’s Democracy for Sale email Goes out straight to inbox in the morning (it’s free - but paid subs are ❤️’ed) 😊 democracyforsale.substack.com

Still get a kick out of being in print Great to see our story, on gambling firm closely linked to Reform’s George Cottrell using fake documents to get a licence, in today’s @thetimes.com with @coramazov.bsky.social @georgegreenwood.bsky.social

A gambling company closely linked to Nigel Farage’s right-hand "Posh George" Cottrell got its licence using a document which appears to have been faked. Major coop w/ @coramazov.bsky.social and @georgegreenwood.bsky.social democracyforsale.substack.com/p/gambling-s...

Investigation w/ @petergeoghegan.bsky.social (DemocracyForSale) & @georgegreenwood.bsky.social (The Times) just landed. We reveal how a gambling site w/ close links to "Posh George", a key aide of Farage, used a fake document to get its gambling license democracyforsale.substack.com/p/gambling-s...

A gambling company closely linked to Nigel Farage’s right-hand "Posh George" Cottrell got its licence using a document which appears to have been faked. With @petergeoghegan.bsky.social and Cormac Kehoe www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...

This is mad. Farage's right-hand-man George Cottrell is linked to a gambling company called Tether.Bet. It turns out that the company used a fake document to secure a licence. By @petergeoghegan.bsky.social @georgegreenwood.bsky.social and @coramazov.bsky.social 1/3 www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...

A gambling company closely linked to Nigel Farage’s right-hand "Posh George" Cottrell got its licence using a document which appears to have been faked. Major coop w/ @coramazov.bsky.social and @georgegreenwood.bsky.social democracyforsale.substack.com/p/gambling-s...

"They can start cutting people's faces up. They can stab someone. They can shoot someone." EXCLUSIVE: Our hidden cameras capture the leader of Turning Point UK organising a fake rally for a foreign government and helping arrange a murder-for-hire with loyalist paramilitaries.

Beautifully juxtaposed

Great interview with @petergeoghegan.bsky.social ! pressgazette.co.uk/news-leaders...

Democracy for Sale's Peter Geoghegan has shared details on the investigative outlet's growth and why the fragmenting of media is a big worry and opportunity for new publishers pressgazette.co.uk/news-leaders...

Jack Ross [of Turning Point UK] denied our findings “completely”, claiming that everything he said to our undercover reporter was not meant seriously. Some joke. network.aljazeera.net/en/press-rel...

If you're not watching Al Jazeera investigates live now, you *really* should The most remarkable undercover footage I've ever seen. Turning Point UK actively involved in soliciting what they think is a hit UK police really need to be watching www.aljazeera.com/video/live

Of course he did. And then he dissembled about it

‘Autumn’ in London seems to have lasted for about 10 days. Doesn’t help that basically my entire wardrobe is autumn clothes 😬

🔴 Mysterious Right-Wing Think Tank Demanding Charity ‘Transparency’ Won’t Say Who Runs or Funds It EXCLUSIVE: A group with no legal status and using fake names for the authors of its first published report, has won widespread media coverage, despite refusing to say who is behind it